Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Unknown
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Neuchâtel

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Homosexual activity in Neuchâtel is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 21, 1991
Legal under federal Switzerland law
Homosexual acts were not mentioned anymore in the revision of the Penal Code of 1991. Therefore the age of consent was lowered to 16 years old for all consenting sexual intercourse.
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Same-sex marriage in Neuchâtel

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Same-sex marriage in Neuchâtel is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2022
Legal under federal Switzerland law
Switzerland approved same-sex marriage with a national referendum.

Censorship of LGBT issues in Neuchâtel

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Neuchâtel is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship under federal Switzerland law
In Switzerland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Neuchâtel

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Right to change legal gender in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Neuchâtel

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Gender-affirming care in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Neuchâtel

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Neuchâtel is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized under federal Switzerland law
Switzerland does not currently legally recognize non-binary identities.
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LGBT discrimination in Neuchâtel

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LGBT discrimination in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Neuchâtel

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LGBT employment discrimination in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Neuchâtel

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LGBT housing discrimination in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Neuchâtel

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Same-sex adoption in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Neuchâtel

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Intersex infant surgery in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Neuchâtel

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Serving openly in military in Neuchâtel is legal.

Current status
Since May 17, 1992
Legal under federal Switzerland law
LGBT people have been able to serve in the Swiss military since 1992.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Neuchâtel

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Blood donations by MSMs in Neuchâtel is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Neuchâtel

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Conversion therapy in Neuchâtel is banned.

Current status
Since Feb 2, 2023
Banned
On this date, Neuchâtel banned conversion therapy. Neuchâtel is a canton of Switzerland, of which there are 26. In the other 25 member states of the Swiss Confederation, conversion therapy remains legal.

Equal age of consent in Neuchâtel

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Equal age of consent in Neuchâtel is equal.

Current status
Since 1992
Equal under federal Switzerland law
Consensual age is Switzerland is 16 years old, unless the difference in age between the persons involved is not more than 3 years.
Sources:
Article 188 of the Swiss Criminal Code www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/3/311.…
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